Simplefor Sunday - New Horizons In The Moment

New Horizons meets In The Moment meets Welcoming Windows (retiring)... 

Love this simple restful little scene... 

And what a fabulous way to use your scrap strips from other cards...

Note that I have actually used it "upside down"... on purpose...

Sorry for being so brief... but technology is not on my side... I think my PC is now groaning at me from overwork over the years!!

Petal Garden & Coffee Cafe Kitchen Table Bench Fold Card

Thought I would give you a break from Christmas and the Navy & White color combination today! 

And a quick share today... but a Fancy Fold for you as it is Fancy Fold Friday after all!  So a Bench Fold Card using both Coffee Cafe and Petal Garden papers ...

More details on the card decoration here... and/or click HERE to go and order the tutorial (s)... though please note there isn't a specific Kitchen Table one...

And a quick update on Joe and the knee op! Long day yesterday... huge bandage!!... but all went OK and he seems to be getting about reasonably OK when needs be... and the medication seems to be keeping the pain manageable so far- which was the bit I was most worried about for him... Plus he seems to be enjoying the shouts of Mum or Dad when he needs something!!!!

Coffee Cup Frenzy....

Had to quickly share this Thank You card I made to accompany an order yesterday...

This was a quick update to this card posted earlier here... for a Foil Frenzy paper fanatic! And her reaction was priceless... first the gasp... then the ooh... then the 5 minutes touching it all!!

Definitely worth the remake for the delighted reaction! Just wish I had made a few more whilst everything was out... 

Craft Spa Recipe
A4 Crumb Cake A6 Card Blank
A4 Whisper White 10 x 14.3cm
Paper Coffee Break 10 x 5cm
Ribbon 3/8" Classic Weave Soft Sky
Coffee Cafe Stamps and dies
Paper Foil Frenzy

Coffee Break Cups & Card

Quick share of the matching card to my Coffee Cup Treat Holders... Click here for the Treat Holder Tutorial...

Oh and don't miss the christmas sneak peek & details of the 2 July specials I posted earlier... scroll down or click here for that... 

So back to the card... this is an update to its plainer twin shared here earlier... as it helps when you have enough clear blocks free to put all your stamps on!

Thanks A Latte Coffee Cup for Team Training

I couldn't resist making these little treat holders for my Quarterly Team Training swap yesterday... together they are like a little coffee cup army! Ready for action... and SO cute!

The hardest thing being finding something coffee related to pop in them... but these little Diablo sweets came to the rescue

The little holder box is straightforward... and seeing as it is Tuesday for Tips, Techniques or Tutorials..... 

1. Cut a 2 3/4" x 2 1/4" piece of cardstock

2. Score LANDSCAPE at 3/4" and 2" 

3. Turn 90 degrees 

4. Score PORTRAIT at 3/4" and 1 1/2"

5. Cut up 2 score-lines on 2 wider opposing sides

6. Glue on 4 corner tabs

7. Adhere tabs to outside of wider sides 

8. Adhere a coffee cup to the long sides

And I have made a few extras.... ready to go out as order thank yous this month...

Other Stampin' Up! Supplies

Stamps - Coffee Cafe (also available as a Bundle)

Dies - Coffee Cups (also available as a Bundle)

Paper - Coffee Break

Ribbon - Soft Sky 3/8" Classic Weave

A4 cardstock Crumb Cake

Early Espresso ink

Coffee Cups anyone?

 

 A quick and simple card showcasing the Coffee Break papers & Coffee Cups dies... with just a little bit of stamping using the Coffee Cafe stamps...

Not quite as much stamping as intended... as my class was set up and I had totally run out of clear blocks... but  this goes to prove that the Coffee Cups dies work with or without the outline stamping... and this way is definitely faster...

Spot the crimped effect on the Life Happens label... so cool... all in the cut and scores of one die!

And I had to laugh at the coffee stained papers... every person in last week's class asked me where the stamps were!!?? So much for giving them papers!!! Though they are right in that the Timeless Textures stamp set does have a great coffee stain stamp....

So a lovely bundle and suite this one! I knew that it would be very popular with some of my coffee-mad friends.... but it has quite surprised me at how much I like it... and I know that I will get a lot of use out of it... but more on that another day!

Anyone for a Coffee Break at the Craft Spa Cafe?

Coffee with friends what can be better... apart from crafting and coffee with friends!!!

And yes... they loved this new Bench Fold Card.... though I was told off by Karen for not adding a cake!!! Oh these master bakers with a sweet tooth!!

Click HERE to go and order the tutorial (s)... though please note there isn't a specific Kitchen Table one...

Products from the wonderful Coffee Break suite... apart from the Wood Textures papers used for the kitchen cabinets... and the cabinet doors and windows care of At Home With You... for which my Class in the Mail details will be released very soon...

My favourite Coffee Break papers.... right up my colour street... the decorative coffee cups, cafetieres and jug all being cut out from these too (images roughly cut from the paper sheet, stuck onto some card and then fussy cut)

Greetings care of Coffee Cafe... available separately ... or as a bundle with the fabulous Coffee Cups dies...

And World's Best Trophy for the greetings on the blinds... and who can spot why I had got this stamp set out already!!!? Call it an AHA moment!!!